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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Wentworth
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Film Details - FremantleMedia Australia ; Foxtel , 2013-2021

Producers:

Amanda Crittenden (producer).
Jo Porter (executive producer).

Production Companies:

FremantleMedia Australia.

Director of Photography:

Craig Barden.

Editors:

Philip Watts and Ben Joss.

Music:

Richard Pleasance.

Cast:

Including Danielle Cormack (Bea Smith), Nicole da Silva (Franky Doyle), Kris McQuade (Jacs Holt), Leeanna Walsman (Erica Davidson), Kate Atkinson (Vera Bennett), Celia Ireland (Liz Birdsworth), Shareena Clanton (Doreen Anderson), Aaron Jeffery (Matthew Fletcher), Robbie Magasiva (Will Jackson), Naomi Davine (Nomes), Richard Davine (Corrections Officer Michael Davies), Katrina Milosevic (Sue 'Boomer' Jenkins), Ra Chapman (Kim Chang), and Georgia Flood (Debbie).

Release Dates:

Series one aired between 1 May 2013 and 3 July 2013.

Awards:

  • AACTA Award, Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (Pamela Rabe) (won), 2015. Logie Award, Most Outstanding Supporting Actress (Celia Ireland) (winner)
  • AACTA Award, Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy (nominated), 2016.
  • AACTA Award, Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (nominated), 2016 (for both Danielle Cormack and Pamela Rabe).
  • AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (won), 2016.
  • AACTA Award, Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (nominated), 2017.
  • ADG Awards, Best Direction of a TV or SVOD Drama Series (nominated), 2018.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actress (nominated) [Kate Atkinson], 2018.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actress (winner) [Pamela Rabe], 2018.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Supporting Actress (winner) [Celia Ireland], 2018.
  • AACTA Award, Best Actress (nominated), 2018.
  • AACTA award, Best Guest Or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (nominated), 2018.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actor (nominated), 2019.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actress (nominated), 2019.
  • AACTA Award, Award for Best Female New Talent (nominated), 2019.
  • AACTA Awards, Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (nominated), 2020.
  • AACTA Award, Best Lead Actress in a Drama (nominated), 2021.

Notes:

Script editor: Emma J. Steele.

Story producer: Lara Radulovich.

List of episodes:

Series one

1. No Place Like Home (Pete McTighe)

2. Fly Me Away (Pete McTighe)

3. The Girl Who Waited (Pete McTighe)

4. The Things We Do (Pete McTighe)

5. The Velvet Curtain (Pete McTighe)

6. Captive (Pete McTighe)

7. Something Dies (Pete McTighe)

8. Mind Games (Lally Katz and Emma J. Steele)

9. To the Moon (Giula Sandler)

10. Checkmate (Emma J. Steele)

Series two

1. Born Again (Pete McTighe)

2. Whatever It Takes (John Ridley)

3. Boys in the Yard (Timothy Hobart)

4. The Danger Within (Marcia Gardner)

5. Twist The Knife (Pete McTighe)

6. The Pink Dragon (Marcia Gardner)

7. Metamorphosis (John Ridley)

8. Sins of the Mother (Timothy Hobart)

9. The Fixer (John Ridley)

10. Jail Birds (John Ridley)

Series three

1. The Governor's Pleasure (Stuart Page)

2. Failing Upwards (Adam Todd)

3. Knives Out (Pete McTighe)

4. Righteous Acts (John Ridley)

5. Mercy (Adam Todd)

6. Evidence (Stuart Page)

7. The Long Game (Pete McTighe and Marcia Gardner)

8. Goldfish (John Ridley)

9. Freak Show (Adam Todd)

10. A Higher Court (Stuart Page)

11. The Living and the Dead (John Ridley)

12. Blood and Fire (Pete McTighe)

Series four

1. First Blood (John Ridley)

2. Poking Spiders (Marcia Gardner)

3. Prisoner (Pete McTighe)

4. Screw Lover (Michael Lucas)

5. Love and Hate (John Ridley)

6. Divide and Conquer (Marcia Gardner)

7. Panic Button (Pete McTighe)

8. Plan Bea (Michael Lucas)

9. Afterlife (Michael Lucas)

10. Smitten (Samantha Winston)

11. Eleventh Hour (John Ridley)

12. Seeing Red (Pete McTighe)

Series five

1. Scars (John Ridley)

2. The Bitch is Back (Andrew Anastasios)

3. Nothing but the Truth (Pete McTighe)

4. Loose Ends (Marcia Gardner)

5. Belly of the Beast (Marcia Gardner)

6. Happy Birthday, Vera (John Ridley)

7. The Pact (Andrew Anastasios)

8. Think Inside the Box (Pete McTighe)

9. Snakehead (Andrew Anastasios)

10. Mere Anarchy (Marcia Gardner)

11. Coup de Grace (John Ridley)

12. Hell Bent (Pete McTighe)

Series six

1. Clean Slate (Pete McTighe)

2. The Boxer (Marcia Gardner)

3. Bleed Out (John Ridley)

4. Winter Is Here (Andrew Anastasios)

5. Bitter Pill (John Ridley)

6. Angel of Wentworth (Andrew Anastasios)

7. The Edge (Pete McTighe)

8. Lovers and Fighters (John Ridley)

9. Shallow Grave (John Ridley)

10. Fractured (Pete McTighe)

11. Indelible Ink (John Ridley)

12. Showdown (Pete McTighe)

Series seven

1. Blood Wedding (Marcia Gardner)

2. Payback (John Ridley)

3. Atonement (Max Conroy)

4. Karen (Pete McTighe)

5. Ascension (Pete McTighe)

6. Mother (John Ridley)

7. Bad Blood (Marcia Gardner)

8. Protection (Max Conroy)

9. Under Siege: Part 1 (John Ridley)

10. Under Siege: Part 2 (Pete McTighe)

Series eight

1. Resurrection (Pete McTighe)

2. Ends and Means (Max Conroy and Kim Wilson)

3. Enemy of the State (Marcia Gardner)

4. Revenant (John Ridley)

5. Fallout (Pete McTighe)

6. Fugitive (Marcia Gardner)

7. Battle Lines (Max Conroy and Kim Wilson)

8. Goldfish (John Ridley)

9. Monster (John Ridley)

10. The Enemy Within (Marcia Gardner)


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